Got my Mobo Replaced....

Hello. Just recently I got my motherboard replaced. Now when I start up it is not detecting my CD-ROM drive. It did this when i furst put my rig together and I had to re-install windows. Do I have to do this again (I really woudn't like to). Or is there a way to do it with out reformatting?

Might be worth a double check of jumpers and cables. Just a reiminder here:

Make sure you have the master and slave jumpers setup correctly on your hard drives. The jumper schematic is usually displayed on the top of the drive.

DO NOT mix the master and slave settings. For Example, do not mix Master and Cable Select on the same ribbon cable. If one is Master the other must be slave. If one is Cable Select, the other should also be Cable Select. (Please note that the majority of hard drives are factory default as Cable Select)

One needs also to make sure the drive is placed correctly on the ribbon cable as shown below:

AcaCandy''s right. Thats the first place to start; check that the CD-ROM has its power and data connected and that the data cable is conencted to the motherboard. Also make sure that the red strip on the IDE cable is going to pin 1 on the motherbaoprd and next to the power connector on the drive itself. Also see if its set on Master(preferred) or Cable Select(doesn't always work right). Next check the BIOS to make sure the Secondary IDE is enabled and that is set to AUTO or CD-ROM - usually theres an AUTODETECT option to detect your drives. Finally in Windows check Device Manager to see if it appears there.

Okay on the master/slave thing. I have a S-ATA HD that is showing up fine. I have ASUS cables connecting the CD-ROM to the Mobo. I have three colors of plugs on these cables, grey, black, and blue. On mobo (asus p4p800 deluxe) I have 2 possible spots that that can go in, one is blue, and one is black. So with my cables like this, and my motherboard set up like that, what color of 40 pin ( i think) connecter should be connected to my CD-ROM, and what should me connected to my mobo.

Here is my problem if it's not a question of just getting the cables right. Last time I needed to re-install window98 SE because there was no way to get the CD Driver installed, without using the CD that came with the Drive. And since it was not detecting my CD-ROM drive, i had no way of installing it.

Make sure the CD-ROM is connected to the regular Primary or Secondary IDE port on the motherboard. Your board also has two RAID IDE controllers, do not use these. Check your motherboard manual to see which ports are which.

did you go into your cmos and make sure that it is reading your cdrom correctly it might be turned off on the ide channel you are using if it is a newer cdrom I believe win xp will just use a standard atapi driver for it which I think is load with winxp catalog.

Drivers such as those for CD-ROMS are installed with XP, you do not need the CD for this. You can and should go to the ASUS website and download the Intel Chipset INF and Intel Application Accelerator and install those. These are required for proper operastion of the motherboard and devices.